Appeal 2006-0342
Application 09/944,893
THE INVENTION
The disclosed invention relates generally to the field of
communication systems for vehicles such as automobiles and trucks, and
more particularly, to communicatively coupling devices within the vehicle
(Specification 1).
Representative claim 1 is illustrative:
1. In a vehicle comprising a first device and a second device and an
active network communicatively coupling the first device and the second
device for the communication of data between the first device and the
second device, the active network being operable to encrypt the data.
THE REFERENCES
The Examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of
unpatentability:
Daniels US 5,991,401 Nov. 23, 1999
Pogue US 5,995,512 Nov. 30, 1999
Wright US 6,101,599 Aug. 8, 2000
David L. Tennenhouse, “Towards an Active Network Architecture,” ACM
website (1996) (as cited by the Examiner in the Answer). 1
1 We note the Tennenhouse journal article was published twice (in 1996 and
2002). The 2002 publication appears to be identical to the 1996 publication.
We rely on the prior art 1996 ACM publication cited by the Examiner
(Answer 3).
2002 Version (not prior art):
David L. Tennenhouse & David J. Wetherall, “Towards an Active Network
Architecture”, Telemedia, Networks & Sys. Group, MIT; DARPA Active
Networks Conference and Exposition (DANCE ’02), 2002 Proceedings, San
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